Made it to Gijon, after some more trouble...

We arrived well in Bordeaux on Sunday evening, the trip went really good since there was hardly any trafic, nice! On monday morning we were ready to leave at seven o'clock but then the lorry broke down. Luckily it broke down at the stables so we could take the horses out and put them back in there boxes again. At eleven the lorry was fixed again and off we went. We arrived in Gijon at seven, the stables are really nice and the lorrys are parked just outside so both me and the horses are happy to not move again for a week! Today I rode both the horses in the morning, they both feelt good and were really fresh! In the aftetnoon it was time for vetcheck and then me and Carro went for a nice lunch at a nearby restaurant. After spending two hours in the office to get our accreditations ( they are not very fast in Spain!) we went back to the stables and took the horses for a long walk and some grass. Unfortunatley its raining now but we are hopning for bettet weather tomorrow! Sara

On the road

I got up early on Friday morning to put the horses on the walker before I left home at eight o'clock. On the way down to Maria Gretzers place where I made the first stop I picked up my good friend Caroline who's gonna help me with the driving. At Marias place we took the horses for a walk and some grass and then they got a couple of hours rest. When we were getting ready to leave the horses were going crazy from all the mosquitos, and there were millions of them! So trying to put the bandages on Tornesch he of course managed to kick me straight in the head (but not he's fault!) It was a lot of blood but luckily it didn't look like the wound was to deep so we managed to get the horses on the lorry and of we went! Caroline did most of the driving since I was feeling a bit shaky but the trip went fine and we all arrived well at Henk Noorens place this morning! We are making a longer stop here so we are not leaving again until tomorrow morning. Nice for both us and the horses to get some time to rest. Next stop is in Bordeaux and from there we go to Gijon. Sara

Last day at home

Today was the last day at home for a while, tomorrow me and the boys (Tore & Räven) are setting of on our roadtrip to Spain. The first show is in Gijon in the north of Spain, then we move on to the Europeans in Madrid and then we finish off with the last round of the Promotional League in Barcelona. All really important shows so keep your fingers crossed for us! Today all four horses jumped clear rounds in Greavagården , good start! Sara

Getting redy for Spain

I have enjoyed some nice time at home the past weeks. I had a week off and went to see some friends in Stockholm, a lot of shopping, dinners and well needed sleep! Last week we went to Grevagården with Tore, Raven, Cisco and Uffe. Tore and Raven only jumped one class to get ready for Spain and they were first and second! Uffe and Cisco also did some really nice rounds so it was a good show for us! Today Rebecca left for Grevagården and the Champions of the youngster show. She took Olle, Dunder and Uffe with her and Turmalin is joining them there. I'm getting ready to leave for Spain, departure friday morning! It's gonna be almost a month away from home so there's a lot of packing to be done! Sara

San Patrignano part II

On friday morning it was time for the vet check, I rode Raven a bit and took the other two for a walk before it was time to trot up. Malin wasn't comming until the afternoon so we had time for a long nice lunch and then I went back to the lorry for a nap! Malin came to ride Tore and Raven at four o'clock and I took Cisco out for a lunge. The first class started at seven and Cisco jumped it with one down. Tore jumped the second class and also had one down but they both jumped good. I was finished in the stables around midnight and then it was straight to bed! On Saturday Tornesch had a day off so I rode him a bit in the morning and then took Raven and Cisco for a walk and som grass. At lunchtime all the grooms went for a short trip to the beach. It was really nice and the first (and probably last) swim in the sea for me this year! At three o'clock we were back in stables again so I took the horses for a walk before Malin came to ride. Raven jumped the big class and was doubleclear and placed seventh! Cisco also jumped clear and was placed in his class so it was a good day! Sunday is GP day but here the classes started really late even on the last day, first class at seven and the GP att half past nine. Not so nice when u have to drive all the way to Sweden afterwords! Raven had one down in his class but jumped relly good and was still placed. In the GP there was seventeen clears in the first round and Tornesch was one of them! Malin ended up sixth in the end and Tore looked super in the jump off! I left San Patrignano at two o'clock in the morning and started the long trip back to Sweden. We were back home on wednesday afternoon and both me and the horses were happy to get out of the lorry! Now we have a couple of weeks at home before it's time for the next long trip down to Spain. Sara

San Patrignano part I

I know, I know... I havn't been very good with the updates latley but I promise I will try to be better! Monday morning after Ascona I left for San Patrignano near to Rimini in Italy. It took me about seven hours to get there including doing all the paperwork at the border so it wasn't to bad. The stables in San Patrignano are fantastic and I got really good ones outside were it wasn't too warm. The whole place is really beutiful and the horses seemed very happy to be there! The only downside is that the stables are located at the top off a hill and the lorrys were parked in the bottom, and I'm not talking a small hill! Once the show started there were cars driving us up and down but the first couple of days there was nothing else to do then to walk, good excersise!. We were seven people that came straight from Ascona so it was really nice and quiet until the otherones started to arrive on thursday. Malin also came on thursday afternoon and rode all the horses a bit. The vetcheck wasn't until fridag morning so I was finished on time and went for a nice dinner and then to bed! Sara

Soon time to get on the road again

I've been home now for quite a while, much longer than I'm usually home and though it's nice to be home I can't wait to go to a show again. We did to small shows in sweden, the first, Skyrup Holliday was placed third in the 1,55 Grand Prix. This friday we jumped in Ribersborg and Hilliday won the 1,50 and Danny was third.

This weeek i've started to clip Holliday, Danny and Arctic and packed a little bit, on monday evening we're leaving for Hachenburg.

Malin